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The first day of the convention was shortened due the the hurricane. On day two, Tuesday, things picked up considerably.

John McCain prepares for his nomination acceptance speech Thursday in St. Paul. John McCain plans to cast himself as the proven reformer in the presidential race when he accepts the Republican nomination ...

El Paso Republicans in St. Paul, Minn., were gearing up for more lively festivities at the GOP convention Tuesday after the gathering got off to a rather muted start this week because of Hurricane Gustav.

The levees in New Orleans were not breached, and Republicans had the first night of their convention on the second night of the convention.

Former Sen. Fred Thompson on Tuesday at the Republican National Convention in St.

After three days of holding off on too much rabid partisanship in deference to Gulf Coast residents affected by Hurricane Gustav, delegates to the Republican National Convention finally got some of the red meat ...

Ricardo Montalban and HervA© Villechaize are not the only residents of Fantasy Island .

Since revelations about the Alaska governor and vice presidential pick shocked the GOP convention with more force than Hurricane Gustav struck New Orleans, Republicans have been on message, closely hewing to a ...

Hoboken resident Beth Hamburger is an alternate delegate at the Republican National Convention.

Buffeted by revelations both political and personal, Republican vice presidential candidate Gov.

The party that postponed its party on account of another region's bad weather got back to the business of celebrating itself Tuesday.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Fred Thompson, the actor turned politician, recounted the harrowing story of John McCain's captivity as a Vietnam prisoner of war to tout the presidential candidate at the Republican National ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.-- Former presidential contender and senator Fred Thompson told bloggers today that the bias against Alaska Gov.

MINNEAPOLIS U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was mid-sentence in his hotel lobby at the Republican National Convention when Minnesota Gov.

Lowcountry delegates and alternates in this week's Republican National Convention know that their presidential primary campaign - ' unlike the Democrats' - ' was settled a long time ago, so their convention ...

Wait, now, say the Republicans. You think that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lacks experience? You think that at 44, with less than two years running the nation's northernmost state, she doesn't have what it takes yet to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?

Pshaw.

What about the fact that she stood up to embattled Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens? What about her oversight of her state's National Guard contingent? Her experience as a mother? And, hey _ what about the fact that she runs a state that happens to be very close to Russia?

John McCain tore up the script for his Republican National Convention on Sunday as Hurricane Gustav churned toward New Orleans.

ALL'S FAIR in love and . . . politics. The GOP primary in Senate District 7 has gotten nasty.

Republicans generally cheered John McCain's unexpected choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, saying McCain will benefit from Palin's conservative credentials, her state's central role in energy ...

With Sen. John McCain expected to announce his running mate today and convention committee members already in St.